Eriksson is preparing for his second World Cup in charge of England and his last tournament as national team coach with Steve McClaren taking over after the finals.

Spurs' striker Jermain Defoe is travelling with the rest of the squad in case the scan results rule Rooney out of the month-long tournament, which starts on Friday with the Group A match between hosts Germany and Costa Rica.

Eriksson remains convinced that Rooney, 20, can play a part in Germany.

"I am very confident that he will be flying back to join us on Wednesday evening after his scan," he said after Saturday's 6-0 win over Jamaica in the final warm-up match.

Much of the media attention will be on the England captain David Beckham - with Eriksson claiming his skipper will prove at this World Cup he is the world's best set-piece specialist.

"We have the best deliverer of free-kicks and corner kicks in the world and we have people who can put it in.

"We are one of the best teams in the world on set-pieces."

At the last World Cup, in 2002, Beckham struggled for fitness as he returned from a broken foot.

David Beckham has been Real Madrid's best player this season

Sven-Goran Eriksson

But this year he has finished in the top three of England's pre-tournament fitness tests, along with Frank Lampard and Gary Neville.

Eriksson said: "I haven't seen all Real Madrid's games but I've seen more than 50% and he's been their best player this season.

"It makes a big difference. He seems to be very fit and very much in form more or less all year. Fingers crossed, let's hope we don't have any more injuries for him or any other players."

Eriksson also confirmed that Lampard will take all of England's penalties during the actual matches, with all of the squad practising spot-kicks in case of any shoot-outs.

Were you at Luton airport when the England squad departed? Do you have any pictures of the team boarding the Pride of the Nation, or did you see the plane taking off?